Latterell will lead well

April 03, 2007

To the editor - I've known Isaac Latterell for several years now, and if there's one thing that's consistent, it's his desire to change and grow and be better every day as a person and as a leader. He has a fantastic work ethic. He has a strong but respectful and patient moral backbone. He does his best to hear everyone out, not in order to look good but so that he can learn from as many people as he can and, as a result, make better, more knowledgeable decisions. With such strongly differing opinions in America today, and with so much pressure on our country to fix our own and everyone else's problems, I often wonder, "What will the new blood in American politics look like?" Because responsibilities eventually pass from one generation to the next, and I fear that most of my peers still haven't grown up to their actual ages, let alone developed a sound character or mature perspective on the modern day world that we live in. Isaac Latterell has the character and forthrightness that every good leader should have: What you see is what you get, and he's much more concerned about people and issues than about always being politically correct ... or safe. He's a humble, hard-working and generally, too-hard-on-himself type of guy. He's the type of guy you'd want involved on just about any project because he'll always have something positive and insightful to bring to the table. Cameron K. Eichler Aberdeen